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Sinn
Féin MLA Oliver McMullan has challenged Peter Robinson and his Junior Minister
Jonathan Bell to condemn intimidation, which led to a council visit by Junior
Minister Jennifer McCann being cancelled today.

Oliver
McMullan said:

“Jennifer
McCann was in Carrickfergus today for two meetings in her role as a Junior
Minister.

“The
council made a decision to cancel the second of her two meetings because of a
loyalist picket outside the council offices as officials were worried about the
potential for trouble.

“This
protest is the outworking of the ’graduated response’ of the combined unionist
and loyalist front.

“I
challenge the First Minister Peter Robinson to condemn this intimidation and
interference in the important work of Executive colleagues improving the lives and opportunities of all our young people."